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Providing Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic for Surveys to Track Mindsets and Their Impact in the Crisis, United States, 2020 (ICPSR 39315)
Released/updated on: 2025-10-07
Geographic coverage: Puerto Rico, United States
The aim of this study was to capture the longitudinal/cultural patterning and causal effects of four core mindsets that were expected to shape social, psychological, and physiological outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a) mindsets about the capability of the body to fight off or recover from COVID-19 (Is my body capable or incapable of handling a disease like COVID-19?); b) mindsets about the social impact of individual health (How do my actions influence the health of others? Will improvements/declines in my personal health affect my family, my neighborhood, my country, the world?); c) mindsets about the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic (Is the pandemic a catastrophe, manageable, or an opportunity?); and d) mindsets about the nature of stress (Is stress enhancing or debilitating?). The research team aimed to explore these topics by (a) conducting a series of surveys to track mindsets and their causes and consequences for health as they change over time, (b) designing and disseminating interventions to shape more adaptive mindsets; and (c) collecting physiological measures of stress and immune functioning, a key mechanism linking mindsets with physical, mental, and social health.
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Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Mindset Intervention for Depression and Immune Dysregulation, United States, 2022-2023 (ICPSR 39316)
Released/updated on: 2026-01-15
Geographic coverage: United States
People who live through large-scale societal catastrophes such as the COVID-19 pandemic are at a heightened risk of mental illness in the years afterward, but can also experience positive changes in their sense of meaning, personal relationships, and self-esteem, among other domains. The researchers propose that differences in these mental health trajectories may be partially influenced by individuals' mindsets about the long-term effects of living through catastrophes. To test this possibility, the researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial of a brief, psychologically-wise intervention designed to promote the mindset that "catastrophes can be opportunities in the long-term." A sample of 548 adults were randomized to either the mindset intervention condition or a control task.